Ebbw Vale

Wales’s pioneering cyber centre has met its key milestones and is forging ahead with its first major business win, Economy, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates will announce at a ceremony today to mark the first year of the National Digital Exploitation Centre [NDEC]. In line with the Welsh Government’s commitment to regenerate the valleys and develop the Foundational Economy, the Minister will also reveal that the NDEC has already invested £1m in the...

The Welsh Government is working with global technology company Thales to establish a £20m cyber centre which will sit at the heart of its Tech Valleys programme, Economy Minister Ken Skates has announced. The National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) will be the first research and development facility of its kind in Wales, and will provide the perfect setting for SMEs and microbusinesses to test and develop their digital concepts. It will also provide a research...

A group that will advise on how £100m of Welsh Government funding can be invested to support emerging technologies in the South Wales Valleys has met for the first time today. Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has pledged that the Welsh Government will invest £100m over ten years to make Blaenau Gwent and the wider South Wales Valleys a globally recognised centre for the development and delivery of emerging technologies. It is anticipated that the programme...

Economy Secretary Ken Skates has welcomed figures showing that the Welsh Government’s Enterprise Zone programme supported 1550 jobs in 2017/18, bringing the total number of jobs supported to more than 12,250 jobs since 2012. The figures are taken from a comprehensive report which has been published by the Welsh Government showing progress in each of Wales’ eight Enterprise Zones. Figures revealed in the Enterprise Zones Annual Report 2017/18 show businesses located in the Zones benefited...